Poultry News

Increase in Russian Poultry Production

RUSSIA - Russian poultry production for slaughter reached 5.0632 million tonnes last year, according to official figures from the Ministry of Agriculture.

This was 7.3 per cent – 415,300 tonnes - more than the previous year’s figures.

Egg production reached 35,520,800,000 eggs – 0.3 per cent of 266.3 million eggs, more than in 2013

In December last year, the average prices for producers of poultry meat and eggs in the Russian Federation, according to Rosstat, were 94.07 rubles/Kg for poultry meat and 42.62 rubles per 10, respectively.